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B. FLGLADDING.

Horse Hay-Fork.

' No. 86,661; Pa t ented Feb 9,1869.

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BENJAMIN F. GLADDING, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

Letters Patent No. 86,661, dated February 9,1

' 4 IMPROVEMENT m Hons HAY-FORKS.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettefi Patent and. making m of thesame- To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BEnJAM-m F.GLADDING, of the city and county of Providence, in the State of RhodeIsland, have invented a new and useful Machine for Loading and UnloadingHay; and I do hereby declare .that.the following is a full clear, andexact description of the construction and operation of the same,reference being bad to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification;

Imake, of iron, in one piece, a curved finger, a, and a handlev to thesame, marked d, for one part, and a corresponding finger, c, and handleI), for the other part, shaped as shown in the drawings accompanyingthis specification. v

I fasten the parts together,'at.E, with a pivot, on which they turn.

I make a ring, f; at the end of handle I), and a slot, g, in the end ofhandle d. Y

I place a lever, h, in the slot 9, working on a pivot, 76..

I make a ring, j, at one end of the lever, and a hook,

i, at the other.

' I then fasten a rope, Z Z 1,110 the ring f, and carry the same acrossand pass it under the hook i, and then carry the same over a pulley, o.

I place the fork as seen at Figure 1, and push the points of the fingersinto the hay. Then I apply power to the end'of rope I Z Z, and, by thatmeans, draw the handles d and 7) together, and bury the fingers a and cin the hay, and spread them apart, as seen in Figure 2, and retain theminthat'position While the fork and hay are raised to any desiredposition.

-I fasten a rope, n, to ring j, and pass it down through a ring, m, onhandle d.

When the fork and hay have reached the desired position, I pull the ropen, and, by that means, release the rope I l l from'the hook z, and thefork resumes its first position, as seen at fig. the place desired.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure I, and the hay isdeposited by Letters Patent, is-

purposes herein specified.

B. F. GLADDIING.

Witnesses S. S. LAPHAM, H. B. POTTER.

